Plectrum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small thin piece of metal, plastic, bone, or similar material, used to pluck the strings of certain instruments, such as the guitar or lute.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An anatomical part resembling a plectrum in shape.
  • n. A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small instrument of ivory, horn, or metal used for plucking or twanging the strings of a lyre, cithara, or other similar instrument.
  • n. Something like or likened to a plectrum.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
  • Variant
    plectra   
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    Words with the same meaning
    pick   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
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